I have mentioned before how when I first seen myself in our vacation photos in June of 2018, that was when I decided to start a diet.
I have no idea exactly how much weight I lost between June, 2018 and January 19, 2019 (When I started Keto) - I wrote down a start weight of 180 pounds but I don't know how accurate that is because I avoided the scales at first. So in about 9 months time I lost about 20 pounds by counting calories.
When I started eating Keto on 1/19/2019 I weighed 159.4. In Six months, I lost a little over 41 pounds.. I got down to a little over 118 pounds. So I actually lost more in less time, following Keto.
Even though everything you read says not to, I did weigh daily.
My weight did fluctuate on a daily basis. I didn't write down the times I went up, I only charted my losses. If I weighed in at 149, I didn't write down a new weight until I went below the 149.
Different foods effect us differently. That's why I think weighing on a daily basis is a good thing. You can see what foods are causing you to retain water. (if you gain 2 pounds over night, it's water retention - it's not fat! and those 2 pounds of water weight can fall off just as quickly as they added up)
Below is the weight I dropped, as I dropped it while following the Keto Diet. I am listing it so you can see how the weight dropped off. When there is a time span between the losses, you can bet I was up and down in between the two dates.
Part of the time I was doing OMAD (One Meal A Day). Part of the time I only ate 2MAD. and part of the time I was eating 3 full meals a day. But the fact remains - regardless, whether I was eating only 1 meal or 3, I never really felt hungry - or felt like I was being deprived.
I think another reason I had success was because I had read that if you followed the Keto diet - and then cheated, you would get sick. Well, I did not want to get sick! So for the longest time, I refused to cheat. I am sure that there were times that I did cheat, just not knowingly. (eating out, etc)
We even went on a Bicycle Vacation (GIBT) where we were fed a Morning Meal and an Evening Meal by the organizers of this week long bicycle trip. I had decided that if they did not have anything Keto Friendly for me to eat, I wouldn't eat! I carried some Protein Shakes for 'emergencies' like that. I actually got pretty lucky because there was only 1 meal (a breakfast) that there wasn't anything Keto friendly. They had 2 breakfast casseroles and both had potatoes in them. They also had fruit trays and probably a danish tray, along with cereals, etc. The other cyclists had plenty of options for breakfast. I had coffee. Then later, drank a protein shake. Chances are, we probably also hit a convenience store on our route where I was able to grab more keto friendly foods to give me something to push those pedals with.
It was some time after July 3rd, 2019 that I cheated for the first time. and I did NOT get sick. That was probably the saddest day of my Keto Life. It was after I learned I could cheat and not get sick that my struggles began.
I took a whole week off for vacation in January 2020 and I gained ten pounds that week. To be quite honest, I have never fully recovered from that week. That's when I started trying to just "Keep it Keto" but not log my foods or track my macros. As I said, that way of eating Keto does work for some. But for me, it does not.
I have been struggling with my weight for a year now. That's why I decided this January, to get back on board. Logging my food and tracking it with MyFitnessPal really isn't that much trouble. I already have most of our favorite recipes typed in. All of my favorite foods are in my "frequently added" list. It's just a matter of taking the time to log them - and double checking my macro's at the end of the day to make sure they are on target.
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